Abstract
Quadriceps and patellar tendinopathies are known as “jumper’s knee,” similarly following a tradition of reference to the etiology of a pathology, such as “tennis elbow” or “thrower’s shoulder.”
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Ferretti, A. (2015). Patellar and Quadriceps Tendinopathy. In: Volpi, P. (eds) Football Traumatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18245-2_10
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